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The new physicists

FEB 01, 1953
This is the second of two articles prepared in the Department of Labor and dealing with manpower in physics. The first, “Earnings of Physicists, 1951”, appeared in the November 1952 issue of Physics Today.
Theresa R. Shapiro
Helen Wood

The progress physics has recently made as a field of employment, as well as a field of inquiry, is well known to the readers of this journal. During the present century, the science has grown at an ever‐increasing pace. Since World War II, its growth has been more rapid than that of any other major branch of the natural sciences.

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Theresa R. Shapiro, Occupational Studies, Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Department of Labor.

Helen Wood, Occupational Studies, Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Department of Labor.

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